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aur
gold /ˈau̯r/
noun#798 most common
Also: gold medal, golden color
Example sentences
Acesta este aur.
This is gold.
Am un inel de aur.
I have a gold ring.
Aurul este foarte scump.
Gold is very expensive.
Prețul aurului a crescut mult anul acesta.
The price of gold has risen a lot this year.
Minerii au găsit un zăcământ de aur în munți.
The miners found a gold deposit in the mountains.
Nu tot ce strălucește e aur.
Not all that glitters is gold.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | aurul | aururile |
| Genitive | aurului | aururilor |
| Accusative | aurul | aururile |
| Vocative | aurule | aururilor |
Word family
auriugolden, gold-colored
a aurito gild, to plate with gold
aurargoldsmith
aurăriegoldsmith's shop, jewelry trade
auritgilded, gold-plated
Etymology
Aur comes directly from Latin aurum, meaning gold. It is one of the core inherited words that survived from Latin into Romanian, even as the language absorbed heavy Slavic influence elsewhere in its vocabulary. Some linguists connect the Latin root to an old Indo-European word for shining or glowing, the same base that gave Latin aurora, meaning dawn.
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